A new operator will take over the running of eight Cumbrian leisure centres.
Cumberland Council has announced that Sport & Leisure Management Ltd, which trades as Everyone Active, will take on centres in the west of the council’s area in a new 10-year contract.
It will start in April and includes Workington Leisure Centre; Maryport Activity Centre; Cockermouth Leisure Centre; Keswick Leisure Centre; Whitehaven Sports Centre and Copeland Pools and Fitness Centre.
It will also run the redeveloped Cleator Moor Activity Centre and the new Millom Leisure Centre.
Leisure sites in Carlisle – including The Sands Centre – do not form part of the new contract and will continue being managed on the council’s behalf by Greenwich Leisure Ltd (GLL), trading as Better.
Part of the new contract with Sport & Leisure Ltd is the delivery of an Active Wellbeing programme and to support a new Cumberland-wide Active Wellbeing Partnership.
The programme targets health inequalities and will work in partnership with health and social care providers to support groups such as care experienced and cared for children.
The authority said the Active Wellbeing Programme will include targeted programmes designed to:
- Deliver Social Prescribing and GP referral schemes.
- Take an Age Friendly approach.
- Ensure Programming for All by providing a dynamic, innovative, inclusive, and responsive programme of activities at the facilities and within key community settings. These will meet the needs of all sections of the community and promotes the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of residents.
- The programme will be flexible to accommodate community and club activities.
The appointment of the leisure contract was taken at the Executive meeting on Tuesday January 6 and the decision is subject to a call-in period.
